Here's what Trump, Xi will eat at State Dinner—full menu planned by Melania

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The White House has released the menu for Thursday's State Dinner honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping, planned by first lady Melania Trump, featuring yellow squash velouté, sesame-crusted sea bass, and a vanilla crémeux made with White House honey. The evening opens with a Schramsberg sparkling wine toast, explicitly styled as an echo of Nixon and Zhou Enlai's 1972 “Toast to Peace.”

Attendees are expected to include Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Tim Cook, though no official guest list has been confirmed. Entertainment includes military musical corps and Christopher Macchio, with tables decorated in red, dahlias, and ranunculus to nod at Chinese symbolism.

The dinner arrives amid ongoing tension over trade, AI, and Taiwan, which the two leaders are expected to discuss during the visit, Xi's first state visit since 2015. The Office of the First Lady's press release describes the menu as showing American ingredients with 'subtle Chinese influence,' bringing 'culinary traditions of both nations together.'

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A soup and a sea bass are not a trade agreement, no matter how many dahlias sit on the table. Every administration dresses up hard bargaining with a nice tablecloth, but calling squash velouté a bridge between two nations is asking a lot of squash. The honey is real, the peace toast is theater, and Taiwan will still be Taiwan on Friday morning.

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